David Cameron rejected calls for the NHS to be exposed to the full chill of
austerity yesterday and suggested that he would never cut the health budget
while he was Prime Minister.

Mr Cameron said that the ringfence that protects the health, schools and aid
budgets would remain in place despite pressure from the Tory Right and
Liberal Democrat Left for a shift. “The NHS was there for me and my family,
I want it to be there for other families too,” he said. “The NHS is not
going to be cut by this Government.”